WRITTEN & CALLED:
We arrived in the USA July 9th, my father had his surgery July 12th, and by July 17th we had our July Newsletter sent out. We did not want to lead anyone on, but to notify all of our supporters that we have come back to the States. We have not quit the ministry or quit on God. Most every church and Pastor that I have spoken with or left messages with have responded in a very supportive way in continuing support throughout the year as we transition. The Bible tells us a few things about getting counsel: 1. No one is Beyond Listening to Good Advice, even a king can find help in counsel. “Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.” – Proverbs 11:14; 2. God’s Leading and Direction is not likely to be found in rashness, but in “Common Denominators”. “Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude counsellors they are established.” – Proverbs 15:22; 3. Advice from those who are of understanding and in positions of consideration is wise and safest before pursuing the same. “Make” means: To Prepare; To Draw up; To Carry out; To Perform. “War” means: conflict; Strategically move to deal with, to sustain “For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.” – Proverbs 24:6
TRAVELING:
Along with getting a multitude of wise counsel we have been having some meetings reporting to our supporting churches on what the Lord has started and has finished through us in Ghana W. Africa. It could have only happened with God at the helm. He is our Safety, our Helper, our Deliverer, our Guide, our Mighty Fortress, and our Victor. Our Fulfillment is in Him.
TRANSITION WAITING:
The “Common Denominators”: Advice from the Bible; Advice from supporting pastors I’ve Written and Called; and Advice from My Own Conscience, NOT an undisciplined desire, is to WAIT ON THE LORD, so we are waiting for the decisive direction. To some our leaving Ghana W Africa may have seemed to have been a quick, and some may even think it was a rash decision, but let me assure you it only seems that way to those who did not know of our leaving because we did not advertise that. Although we did not know the actual date and time of our leaving at the beginning of this year, we did know for a long time that this day would come and I often told the young men that have been trained as pastors in Ghana W Africa that it will come. At least a year before we decided to finalize our leaving we were praying and deliberating about the right time to leave. We want to be where the Lord wants us to be in ministry and position. It may be a pastorate, evangelism, planting a new church, taking a position in a church, or letting God work where we are at. We covet your continued prayers about God’s leading. We will update you in our November Newsletter.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
Praise & Prayer Requests: When we left Ghana we gave Pastor Prince and Bro Koasi copies of the notebooks of materials and subjects that we studied together through the years in discipling, teaching, training at church, in Bible school, and church/pastoral training of them and the church folks at our church plant in Sekondi, Ghana W Africa, Cornerstone Biblical Baptist Church; After we left Pastor Prince demolished his vehicle that he uses for Taxi service. His son had to go to the hospital because of being battered and bruised, but nothing broken or fatal; My father’s surgery on his clogged artery went well; I had some hospital procedures done in August and in September which turned out well; Our son Joseph started his second year of schooling at Bill Rice Ranch Bible Institute. The day the students returned to school at Bill Rice Ranch their Administration building caught on fire and burned. Bill Rice Ranch has a place that one can give towards that lose. The link is https://billriceranch.org
BITS OF BREAD:
“I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. – Psalms 52:9 Comments on this Verse: “None ever followed his guidance but it ended well.” - by Matthew Henry; “The phrase “wait on thy name” (v. 9) means to hope and depend on the character of God as expressed in His great name.” - by Warren Wiersbie
Matthew J Siekbert
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